What single thing at faire hurls you off into the depths of rage?

[Aderin]

I wear a great kilt to the TX Ren Fest, and I just can't stand it when I walk by, the food vendors yell, "Turkey legs!!!"

LOL!!!!

I am deeply confused as to what a kilt has anything to do with a turkey? Oh well, all in good fun I suppose.

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

"I hear there are camp grounds here, but there's no way I'd camp out here.  I've heard those people drink heavily into the night, start running around naked, and have orgies."

Honestly, you lose control of one bar mitzvah and all people do is judge, judge, judge...

[Aderin]

"I hear there are camp grounds here, but there's no way I'd camp out here.  I've heard those people drink heavily into the night, start running around naked, and have orgies."

Honestly, you lose control of one bar mitzvah and all people do is judge, judge, judge...

lol!

[StilettoWolf]

My worst so far was this lady who let her kid on our ship alone. Any child under the age of 6 is not allowed on deck without a guardian. Well he snuck past our dock girl.

Let me mention, that from ground to main deck is about 40 feet. The actors won't even attempt that jump. (okay we HAVE before... Only in safety rigging) anyway, the little mite gets scared before we usher the group down into the hold, where the brig is. It's pretty dark and slightly foreboding to the normal 6 year old. So he starts crying, I do my mommy thing and pick him up and attempt to sush him. He calmed down pretty well, but I wasn't going to force him into the big dark scary. So I spend the next 20 minutes looking for my little stowaway's mom.

I finally found her after sending the Boatswain out to yell for her. So she walks up to the ship and yells at me to THROW her son off the deck! Literally throw him overboard! We ain't on water folks! That's nothing but sand and red clay down there!

At that point I informed her I would be happy to call park security to come and rescue her son if she refused to walk up the deck to come get him.

[Aderin]

My worst so far was this lady who let her kid on our ship alone. Any child under the age of 6 is not allowed on deck without a guardian. Well he snuck past our dock girl.

Let me mention, that from ground to main deck is about 40 feet. The actors won't even attempt that jump. (okay we HAVE before... Only in safety rigging) anyway, the little mite gets scared before we usher the group down into the hold, where the brig is. It's pretty dark and slightly foreboding to the normal 6 year old. So he starts crying, I do my mommy thing and pick him up and attempt to sush him. He calmed down pretty well, but I wasn't going to force him into the big dark scary. So I spend the next 20 minutes looking for my little stowaway's mom.

I finally found her after sending the Boatswain out to yell for her. So she walks up to the ship and yells at me to THROW her son off the deck! Literally throw him overboard! We ain't on water folks! That's nothing but sand and red clay down there!

At that point I informed her I would be happy to call park security to come and rescue her son if she refused to walk up the deck to come get him.

And the department of social services! Geeze she sounds like a real whacko! Sorry you had to deal with that and SORRY for the lad

[StilettoWolf]

Oh another thing!

Danes who bring untrained or vicious dogs to fair! If your huge pit bull is barking at a three year old child and trying to pull off his collar to get to said child,  he does NOT need to be in public.

And the creepers....

The far too many Captain Jack Halloween costumers who want to steal things from the ship.

Ninjas. Just....seriously. Ninjas....Last time they were color coded. There was even a pink one. They try to "attack" the ship every year. I may have taken to loudly threatening to throw the wash water out of the galley when they got to close to porthole.

One creeper I dubbed green hat. He repeatedly stood behind the ship IN OUR CAMPSITE, during our cannon volleys (granted our cannons are black tennis balls, but still the volleys land directly behind the ship, in our camp). I asked him twice to leave, I demanded he leave one more time, the 4th time I had to go back there I informed him Fair security would be on there way if I saw him with in ten feet of camp.



Or the jackass Dane that wouldn't take no for an answer from one of our younger girls. Boatswain made sure to tell security AND follow him all the way to the fair exit.

[Rowan MacD]

Danes who bring untrained or vicious dogs to fair! If your huge pit bull is barking at a three year old child and trying to pull off his collar to get to said child,  he does NOT need to be in public.

  I don't have any patience for people with unruly dogs, and if you don't know how your dog will act in public with 100% certainty, you should not take them anywhere strange to them.  I don't care what the breed or the size. 

  That said,  I'm curious-Was the child in costume, and or screaming?
  I have seen even the best trained dogs act unpredictably around kids that look oddly and shriek as a way of getting attention.  I have an 18 mo old grandson going through this most annoying of phases.   He will utter an ear spitting shriek whenever he does not get his mothers' immediate attention.   It bothers the SSSS out of me, so I can imagine what a high strung dog like a terrier would feel.

[StilettoWolf]

The dog was sitting next to his owner's feet who was sitting at a bench eatting lunch.  The toddler was out playing about ten feet away by another park bench with mom. I wasn't really watching until the dog started doing that weird jump/ lunge thing they do and started that weird harsh barking..you know when they get super excited and start the rolling and tugging the leash and then bark/whine? I have no idea if that meant the dog wanted to play or was just excited. Either way it shouldn't happen that close to a toddler. It was pretty obvious the dog was barking at the toddler. Mom picked kiddo up and moved away pretty quickly.

[StilettoWolf]

It may have been a "prey chase" response from the dog. I love terriers to death, but they love to chase! Everything!  And the spring dog butt bounce phenom that's so popular for them. You know the "omgomgomg! Chase shiny!" Thing. 

It scared me with that kiddo being so close.

[Rowan MacD]

It may have been a "prey chase" response from the dog. I love terriers to death, but they love to chase! Everything!  And the spring dog butt bounce phenom that's so popular for them. You know the "omgomgomg! Chase shiny!" Thing. 

It scared me with that kiddo being so close.

   I have two Scotties (Aberdeen terriers) so I know what you mean.  If they see something that turns them on, it's almost comical.  They have no patience, and are serious drama queens.  If you are not familiar with the breed you would think they are rabid savages.
  That said, they are rather small dogs, and very short.  They are friendly and playful,  but even then I don't trust they won't snap in annoyance at being manhandled by a strange child.
   Perhaps the child had a toy?  Mine go bat shyte for toys.

[Sunshine]

Rain.

...Well, not the depths of rage, but I have definitely decided I don't like it. And also mud. Mainly mud. Mud mud muddy mud mud.

[jackrocks]

Fairies who come into my shop, pick up my creations, twitter to one another about them, then bring them to me and "ask" questions....but will not stop speaking in "Fairy twitter speak", so......not quite sure how I am supposed to respond.
Are you asking me a question about my product? I can't understand you.
I understand you are retaining your character, but if you really want one of my creations, you are going to have to speak English. Or Pirate. Or Sarcasm. Because I don't speak Fairy twitter.

[Aderin]

Fairies who come into my shop, pick up my creations, twitter to one another about them, then bring them to me and "ask" questions....but will not stop speaking in "Fairy twitter speak", so......not quite sure how I am supposed to respond.
Are you asking me a question about my product? I can't understand you.
I understand you are retaining your character, but if you really want one of my creations, you are going to have to speak English. Or Pirate. Or Sarcasm. Because I don't speak Fairy twitter.

So sorry to you Jackrocks! I am intrigued, what is "fairy twitter" speak? I haven't encountered this new language as of yet.

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

Rain.

...Well, not the depths of rage, but I have definitely decided I don't like it. And also mud. Mainly mud. Mud mud muddy mud mud.

sounds like you may be speaking of personal encounter with rain?!?  I have experienced rain before, but not like what we had in Amana!!

[Trillium]

Faerie twitter is the chirping/purring noises many of them make.  I may do that when I'm wandering as a greeting, but I always speak when I'm interacting with someone.